Informix Error -913
-913 Network error - Could not read from database server.
A network failure occurred. Look for operating-system error messages that might give more information. Restart the application. If the problem recurs, contact your system administrator, and ask for network diagnostics to be run.
Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance
Reasons / Common Causes
-913 is the read-side counterpart to -912: a genuine network failure prevents reading from the database server — per the official guidance, the same underlying network-failure category, just on the read direction.
- A network failure between the client and the database server, per the official guidance.
- Network congestion or instability severe enough to break an in-progress read.
Solutions / Resolution
- Look for OS-level error messages that might give more information, per the official guidance.
- Restart the application, per the official guidance.
- If the problem recurs, contact your system administrator and ask for network diagnostics to be run, per the official guidance.
Examples
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A genuine network failure — restart the application first; escalate to the system administrator for network diagnostics if it recurs.
Diagnostic Checks
- Check OS-level error messages around the time of the failure.
- Restart the application as the documented first response.
- Escalate to the system administrator for network diagnostics if it recurs.
Related Errors / Related Topics
- -912 — "Network error - Could not write to database server." The write-side counterpart to this read-side network failure.
- -911 — "System error - Cannot read from pipe." A related-sounding but distinct error — a local IPC failure rather than a genuine network problem.
The read-side counterpart to -912 — same resolution path, escalate for network diagnostics if it recurs.